Humphrey of Hauteville

Humphrey of Hauteville (1010-August 1057) was the Count of Apulia and Calabria from 1051 to 1057, succeeding Drogo and preceding Robert Guiscard.

Biography
Humphrey de Hauteville was born in Coutances, Normandy, France in 1010, one of eight sons born to Tancred of Hauteville. In 1035, he accompanied his brothers William and Drogo to southern Italy to serve as mercenaries, and he became Lord of Lavello in 1047 and then Count of Apulia in 1051. He made his brother Mauger Count of the Capitanate and William Count of the Principate, and he punished the instigators of Drogo's assassination. In 1053, Humphrey's Normans defeated the combined armies of the Papal States and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Civitate, and they imprisoned Pope Leo IX at Benevento. Humphrey then took Oria, Nardo, and Lecce by the end of 1055, while his brother Robert Guiscard took Minervino Murge, Otranto, and Gallipoli. Humphrey died in 1057, and Robert betrayed Humphrey's will by usurping the County of Apulia rather than serving as a mere regent to his sons.